News for tag: 2009

  • The Toppers: shiny, happy people!

    The Toppers are one of the biggest acts in the Netherlands and there was a big fuzz in the Dutch media when they were announced as the country's participants. The original formation of the Toppers included Gerard Joling - the Dutch singer in the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest - but he decided to leave the band and was replaced by Jeroen van der Boom.

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  • Ethereal harmonies from Estonia

    The Estonian Urban Symphony displayed an ethereal second rehearsal on Sunday afternoon. The delegation reports minor changes for the performance of Rändajad, the main one being that the leading vocalist Sandra Nurmsalu now wore her stage dress.

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  • Anti Crisis Girl rocks the hall

    Ukrainian Anti-Crisis Girl Svetlana Loboda rehearsed her entry Be My Valentine for the second time today in Moscow. It was a show stopping performance on stage, and was filled with energetic dancing, gyrating and movement around the huge set.

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  • Ukraine, Greek and Cypriot parties at Euroclub

    Yesterday evening, there were two parties held at Euroclub. The first of which was the Ukrainian reception. That was followed by the joint party of Greece and Cyprus. Check out the full photo gallery.

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  • Albania: The beauty and her faceless prince

    Kejsi Tola, the singer representing Albania in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, rehearsed her entry Carry Me In Your Dreams for the second time today. While the teen girl wore a short white tulle dress, her backing dancers looked like dreamlike creatures, one of them resembling a green spiderman!

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  • Moldova: Wedding atmosphere in the arena

    Today the Moldovan representatives in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest rehearsed for the second time. In spite of problems with the ear monitors they delivered a very cheerful and vocally convincing performance.

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  • Lithuania ring the changes today

    Lithuania were the first country to rehearse today. Sasha Son and the Lithuanian delegation were very dissatisfied with their first rehearsal and made a number of changes today to the performance of their entry entitled Love.

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  • Homelessness instead on booty for Finland

    Finland is represented by the classical eurodisco song Lose Control. But the act on stage is not a classical one of eurodisco. Waldo's People have decided for a theme of homeless people, instead of girls shaking booty. “After fifteen seconds of the girls you're not interested anymore, 'cause you've seen it so many times,” Waldo says.

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  • Chiara: “I dried out completely”

    The Maltese entry What If We got a complete makeover by the production for Friday's rehearsal. The backdrop imagery was fully changed from the first rehearsal, on request from the Maltese delegation. But there was a new problem for Chiara on stage – the smoke went into her mouth.

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  • Soraya with new Spanish version

    On Saturday night, with most people in the press centre away at delegation parties, Soraya from Spain completed the last rehearsal of the day. The version of the song La Noche Es Para Mí presented for Moscow has a more dramatic opening than the previously presented composition.

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  • Is it the United Kingdom's time?

    The United Kingdom were the fourth of the Finalists to rehearse today. Jade Ewen is hopeful that she will be the one to change the United Kingdom's recent run of poor results in the Eurovision Song Contest, with the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Diane Warren song It's My Time.

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  • Alex Swings, Oscar Sings: moving lips!

    German duo Alex Swings, Oscar Sings stepped onto the huge Moscow stage for the first time today, performing Miss Kiss Kiss Bang. As one of the so called Big 4 countries, Germany is automatically qualified for the final alongside France, Spain, UK and host nation Russia. This year, the German song was chosen internally by broadcaster NDR as during the last 4 years, German entries in the Eurovision Song Contest have failed to reach the top 10 - will the modern swing song by Alex and Oscar have more success?

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  • Russia: Drama in black

    Today the Russian participant in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, Anastasia Prikhodko, rehearsed for the first time in the arena. She dedicated her song Mamo to her mother. Her ballad has a melancholic Slavonic character with elements of sadness and drama in it.

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  • France: Goosebumps!

    Today, a real world star had her first rehearsal for the Final of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest: Patricia Kaas performed the French entry alone on stage, and only simple camera shots were used to underline the melancholic mood of the song and the charisma of the singer. who really managed to give everyone in the hall goosebumps with her perfect interpretation of Et S'Il Fallait Le Faire!

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  • Turkish party highlights

    Yesterday evening, at the Euroclub, Turkey held their delegation party. Hadise performed several songs and other competitors from the 2009 contest joined in the mini concert. Hadise also recorded a special message for Eurovision.tv readers.

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